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Â£*_Â£%\> Chicago and vicinity â€” cloudy n_^_3p_s and threatening or tuesday fair yjjffisjll " wednesday moderately cold brisk ' gll\3 northwest winds h^ffyp t average temperature yesterday _â€¢ *^ normal temperature for the day _\ vol viii no 312 a m Chicago excaminer tuesday tuesday Chicago december 20 1910 20 pages start to-day read the money master by pierre costello a thrilling story of money an matrimony now appearing on the want ad pages kegiÃŸtcred in pricf onf pfnt dellvm y cirrhr d 8 patent off rr.l jl cin 1 30 c , nu per Â«â€žâ€ž____ roosevelt rail debts up in house congressman wants to know if 100,000 junket bill is paid and how pass question is asked pennsylvania road officials de cline to be committed on the colonel's traveling expenses washington d _., dec 19 tim question of who paid the traveling ex penses of colonel theodore roosevelt on his turkey hunting lion killing bear snoot lng and political junkets while breaking records for etrenuosity in the white house will be settled by congress if the resolutioi lntrodnced to-day by congressman henrj t rainey of Illinois is pased mr rainey ln asking the same explana hon that was demanded last september b â– stockholder of the fennsylvan3a kal3 road wants to know if the bill for 1(30 000 which colonel roosevelt is said to hav owed the pennsylvania was ever paid an what other roads entertained the colonel ii bis dashes across the map and how the â€¢ accounts stand mr rainey promises t press his demands for a thorough inquiry unexplained influences were brought to hear 3o quiet the demands of john h de vine a wealthy publisher of philadelphia â€¢ ud slockholder in the pennsylvania wh could see no reason why the president oi the united states shonid be immune from the anti-pass law and requested that colonel roosevelt be asked for an account lng president james mccrea of the penn sylvania wrote mr devine a letter ud the affair was immediately declared a closec incident denials not forthcoming none of the officials of the road ever admitted or denied that the former presi dent was indebted to the pennsylvania for the transportation of his friends servants horses and goods it was flrst said that the accouut had been charged to advertis ing but when the question of who bene fited by the advertising came up president mccrea snirt " roosevelt had only been ac corded such courtesies as are usually ac corded to presidents of the united states president roosevelt's itnprecedented trav eling expenses at th eexpense of the stock hold i is of various railroads led congress to appropriate 25.o0o a year to meet the cost of necessary presidential travel if con gressman rainey 3*esoiullon passes the investigating committee will attempt to differentiate between the hon hunting and the lion making expeditions and fix the responsibility for their cost 13 has always been the custom for rail road io cany presidents of the united states ns honored guests roads make no distinction the railroads never attempted to dis tinguish between a political speech-making tour with a bear hunt on the end of it and a bear hunting trip with a political speech on the end of it this has been loft to congressman rainey's committee which may make a record for itself in the 6porting and political world as umpire and referee the colonel never replied to the queries ot pennsylvania stockholders or discussed the matter since he thanked president miecrea for his hospitality agitation ln favor of a law prohibiting government officials from accepting rail road transportation is expected to be re vived and result in the passage of an act in force ln many states refusing passes to state officials morgan rewards school sends university of michigan rare books in return for gift ann arbor mich dec 19 the uni versity of michigan is in receipt of a gift of four valuable old books from j plerpont morgan they are reproductions of old manuscripts and wood cuts and are very rare the gift is iu return for one made 1o mr morgan by the univesity a few months ago of a fac-simile of the newly discovered bible manuscript pur chased in egypt by charles l freer and placed in the custody of the university victory for popular election of senators forecast by rayner declares only four of the judiciary committee oppose measure resolution up jan 9 washington dec 19 â€” senatorial courtesy alone was responsible to-day for postponement of action on the decision submitting an amendment to the constitu tion providing for popular election of united states senators the resolution iwas made a special order of business for january 9 out of the total membership of fifteen members of the senate committee on the judiciary senator rayner said this after noon he did not believe more than four votes would be cast against reporting the resolution to the senate this opinion was based upon the discus sion of the subject at the meeting of the committee this morning the maryland senator is quite as confident the resolution will pass the senate as he is that it will pass the committee the informal discussion soon convinced the friends of the amendment that it would have comparatively smooth sailing through the committee and there was no disposi tion to crowd matters when two of the opposition insisted that both the majority and minority reports of the subcommittee be printed and the subject permitted to â€¢ go over until these reports could be read aldrich hurt in auto to go under knife today surgeons decide operation on arm necessary accident occurred last october new york dec 19 united states sen ator nelson w aldrich will undergo an operation at roosevelt hospital to-morrow because of injuries received in an automo bile accident at madison avenue and six tieth street on the night of october tt the chief operating surgeon will be dr george e brewer assisted by several other surgeons the details of the accident in which the senator was injured were never disclosed dr holbrook curtlss a nose throat and ear specialist performed an operation on the senator several days after the accident and the patient was reported to be well on the road to recovery despite his age later it developed that he was suffering much pain from his right arm he com plained of nnmbness to his colleagues in the senate and several days ago he came to new york where an examination was made it was then decided that an opera tion on his right arm or hand was neces sary wolf escapes in theater jumps into audience and bites women and policeman xew york dec i a wolf escaped to-night from its cage on the stage of the amphion theater in williamsburg and jumping down into the orchestra bit six women and a man the wolf was brought on confined in a barbed wire cage the animal managed to work its way out and down among the folks in the first rows ot the orchestra snapping at their legs a policeman heard the screams of the women and caught the wolf by the throat but not before he was bitten on the hand several women were bitten in addition to the bites about their ankles they were bitten in the hands when they tried to protect themselves bonaparte shy of feast roosevelt's attorney general de clines to dine with baldwin baltimore md dec 19 former attorney general bonaparte declined an invitation to attend a supper at the uni versity club to-night to governor-elect baldwin of connecticut given by the fac ulty of the law department of the uni versity of maryland mr bonaparte pleaded a prior engagement it is believed in some quarters that his absence to-uight is to be attributed directly to the contro versy between colonel roosevelt and judge baldwin mr bonaparte having been a member of the ex-president's cabinet airman sends wireless farman carries first outfit in an aeroplane special cable to the examiner paris dec 10 maurice farman car rying a wireless apparatus on board his biplane hovered over buc for more than an hour to-day nnd transmitted the first distiuct messages ever sent from that sort of an airship to versailles and other points more than fifteen miles distant the government has ordered the aeroplane corps to hasten carrying out experiments in this hue actor john mason is ill john mason the actor is under the care of a physician at the congress hotel suffering from minor ailments he came to Chicago from the west yesterday to be treated also at the congress during the day were nat c goodwin who is going to new york ellen terry virginia harned william sproule president of the wells fargo express company of new york and benjamin ide wheeler presi dent of j_elaiid stanford university berkeley cal / photo of woman is elgin social puzzle irs brown or taite jheyenne man sends picture as lost wife pair missing police search the arrival of an attractive woman's hotograph in elgin has given rise to a nost peculiar mystery the letter which accompanied the ihotograph stated that the picture was hat of the missing wife of w l brown i citizen of cheyenne wyo but many lersons in elgin were startled by what hey say is the remarkable resemblance of he photograph to mrs hiram talte wife f a crack whip and horseman for some ime a protege of the members of the sigin gentlemen's driving clnb both mr and mrs taite are now miss ing and taite is being sought by his father h l taite of diinsmuir a small town near stockton cal the taltes arrived in elgin a year ago last april they rented a house on goethe street and taite's skill as a whip cansed him to be taken np at once by the driving club had many jewels meanwhile mrs talte created no small sensation among the women of elgin by the size and costliness of her wardrobe as well as her own beauty she was of medium height had very dark hair and eyes and an olive complexion she had many expensive gowns much costly mil linery and many jewels she told us she formerly lived with a rich uncle in cheyenne and that he spent a lot of money on her said mrs t j rapp of 585 goethe street and mrs mor gan another neighbor in the same street the taites left elgin ln the latter part of august saying they were going to stockton cal to visit taite's father and other relatives there evidently however they did not reach stockton for several weeks ago taite's father wrote to the elgin police asking what had become of his son he was greatly alarmed he said and asked that a search be made for bim police take up search the police have been endeavoring to learn where the taltes actually did go and now their task is complicated by the arrival yesterday of the letter and photo graph sent by mr brown of cheyenne â€¢ this letter asked that mrs brown be sought she had gone to elgin more than a year ago the writer said to visit an annt in that place and had not returned or replied to letters sent her by her husband the inclosed photograph the letter said was hers and would aid the police ln finding her why that picture looks exactly like mrs taite said mrs rapp mrs morgan and many other friends of the taites but nobody can be found in elgin who knows a mrs brown of cheyenne a dispatch from stockton cal last night quoted the elder taite as saying that he knew nothing of his son's wife save that he had been told they were mar ried in elgin iu 1900 and that she wore expensive clothes and jewelry and was said to be the neice of a wealthy lawyer in cheyenne . mr taite sr is now reported to be suffering from nervous prostration shadowed by spirit sues husband asks divorce because of wife's astral pursuit kansas city mo dec 19 although mrs anna mlnnear declares she is able to separate her spirit from her body raise the dead and that she possesses other spir itual power marvin minnear is eaj;er to separate himself from his talented wife he brought suit for a divorce from her to day the petition alleges that she has accused him of keeping improper com pany basiug the charges on her power to have her spirit follow him when hp goes out nights the petition further alleges that she drove him from the house without giviug him time to collect n great amount of clothing diva visits jail to aid youth zeppilli in a cell hears song opera star tests voice of young man who almost starved to study music mme alice zeppilll one of the leading sopranos of the Chicago grand opera company because she had read of the pathetic plight of hugh trlckey the young english boy who nearly starved himself to death in order to get a musical edu cation suddenly appeared at the harrison street police tsatlon last night and as a result occurred probably one of the strangest scenes that ever took place in life's drama the appearance of the dainty petite operatic star in the dreary prison caused a sensation among the prisoners necks were craned and heads turned in eager attempts to see the fair visitor not an element was lacking in the series of de tails that made the whole incident seem like a fairy tale dressed in rich furs and an immense black picture hat her hands glittering with jewels mme zeppilli appeared be fore the desk sergeant and asked for a permit to see the young english lad when the identity of the visitor became known her request was granted without delay jailer james moriaruy called trickey and told him there was a lady visitor to see him he advanced diffidently while a look of wonder spread over his features as be looked into the sympathetic dark eyes of the singer asks youth to sing vou are mr trickey she asked i am mme zeppilli of the grand opera com pany i have heard about your 111 fortune and have come to help you if i can won't you please sing just a little for me i kuoiw you must have a good voice and if you always have the same determina tion that you now have you will some day be a great singer the dazed young man did not reply im mediately he furtively wiped an eye that had sruwu misty why whnt is the matter asked the prima donua are you still hungry qh lady you are so kind was the broken reply everything seems to have gone wrong ' if you want me to sing i will do the best i can imagine the scene only the dim light of a few dusty electric lamps filtered through the bars of the cell the diva sat on a broken backed chair while the bugh trickey singi7ig for mme alice zeppilli in jail cell 500,000 in gifts to harvester workers merit system will be followed in presents to company's employes it has long been the custom of the inter national harvester company to distribute a large sum among its employes during the christmas season but the amount to be given this year under a merit system will set a new record fully 500,000 will be distributed and checks will be mailed from the Chicago offices either to-morrow or thursday it has been estimated said general manager c s funk last night that the amount will exceed 500,000 this year about 5,000 employes of the company out of a possible 40,000 will receive checks the amounts of which will range from the salary received in one week to the amount earned in a year the bonus is an award made by the management and department heads to stimulate interest several of the em ployes who arc worthy of especial recog nition will receive checks for the amount of half a year's f-lary one or two will receive a full yewr'a pay of the 50n.uu0 to be distributed it is probable that at least 350,000 will be di vided among i_e employes in twine mills and harvesting machinery works in Illinois wisconsin and ohio about 1,500 employes in Chicago will receive approximately 200 0-000 chicagoan nurses melba miss armour potter attends diva 111 on liner at sea new york dec 19 according to a wireless message which mme melba sent from the mauretania to-night to a friend in this city the diva's illness is not as serious as was first reported iu a marconi gram last night in her message the song bird says the severe cold from which she suffered before she went aboard the cun arder has forced her to remain in her stateroom where she 13 being nursed by miss armour potter the Chicago musical college girl protege of mme melba who sailed with her to study for grand opera in paris dr sydney jones the ship's surgeon is in constant attendance upon the diva three die in mine blast gas explosion in west virginia severely burns two fairmont w va dec 19 three miners were killed and two others severe ly burned as the result of an explosion at the middleton mine nine miles south of this city at 6:10 o'clock this morning shortly before the day shift had gpne to work the explosion occurred those who were in the mine at the time rag for the shaft and all but the five escaped injury gns is blamed for the explosion defying sullivan's men bartzen picks h l bailey for county hospital head appointment of open foe of boss president's swift re ply to board rebellion at choice of wilihite's successor t*he unfortunates who come * to the county hospital for treatment will b given the best attention by the best physicians it is possible to find the mem bers of the county hospital staff who are competent will be kept those who are incompetent will get out as quickly as i can find time to write out their suspen sion i intend to give the county hospital a business administra tion and i will devote all my time to the betterment of the condi tion of the county charges i will be no man's man as warden â€” henry l bailey coffey balks committee's re fusal to meet with a hint of possible impeachment for misfeasance in office following an attempt of a demo-republican combination of county commissioners to override the authority of president peter bartzen and arrogate all power to themselves mr bartzen yesterday afternoon arraigned roger c sullivan and the political coterie of the gas boss in the scathing statement above set forth president bartzen defied the sullivan group and declared lie not they had been elected executive head of the county board and he would never permit them to usurp his authority the specific act with which an attempt was made to override his authority was the adoption of a resolution naming dr if b clarke to be superintendent of the dunning asylum a position to which pres dent bartzen had temporarily ar pointed dr charles eberlein last weett when he ousted dr o c wiltiite for insubordination the appointme-t of dr clarke will be ignored b'y presi dent bartzen , . early last night mr bartzen exploded â€¢ bombshell in the ranks of the gang poli ticians by appointing henry l bailey to be warden of ; the county hospital mr bailey is a resident of the â€¢ thirteenth ward iwhere be has always lieen kuown as an opponent of roger sullivan and hi crowd ' this appointment when word of it reached the sullivau element last night created consternation among them to took them completely by surprise coincideut with the attempt to curtail mr bartzcn's power the faction that mad war upon him tried to hamper i'ommls sioner i_iurence j coffey in the t.-ansac-y tion of the business of the finance co_fmit tee of which mr coffey is chairman though they were all present in the meet ing room in the county building the mem bers of the committee refused to assem ble and transact ttye financial business necessary for tho maintenance from nay to day of the county's charitable institn tions hint of impeachment balks revolt a strong hint from chai__j_u i-odey that they might be impeached for mis feasance in refusing to discharge their public duties was necessary before they consented to do business commissioner coffey said last night there is a way to compel public of ficials to attend to their duties they can be impeached for misfeasance in office when a number of the county commisslon ers refused to-dny to transact the business of the finance committee uf which i am chalrmau i was compelled to give tbem a strong hint that they might be im peached then they quickly assembled and transacted the county board's lielate business vrmitv commissioners are different from city aldermen they be â€¢ a duty to perform hat they cannot evade they are elected guardians of the unfortunates who populate our hospitals and asylums thu.e dnfortanates must be fed and rea henry l bailey bartzen's defiance of sullivan jdecause i would not appoint a lot of thieves porch *â€”* climbers high-hinders and despoilers of widows and orphans to positions in the public service roger sullivan john mcgillen john mccarthy john p hopkins and their associates in the gas trust political machine are try ing to coerce me with their steam-roller methods but they cannot terrorize me nothing that they can do will sway me from what i believe to be my duty i will protect the public pay roll from the inroads of looters and barnacles this gang that responds to the crack of the sullivan circus whip is not used to dealing with officials who will block their raids upon the public funds but they will have to learn that the county board will be run in the interests of the people not the bosses peter bartzen president county board 15,000 in christmas dainties are burned several firemen hurt by flying glass in blaze that threatens south water street thousands of dollars worth of fruit in tended for christmas including vast quan tities of cranberries and several hundred fowls in crates were destroyed last night in a spectacular fire in the warehouse of barnet brothers fruit and commission mer chants at 159 south water street the third floor of the building is in total ruins and the other three floors more or less damaged by fire smoke and water adjoining buildings also suffered bringing the total damage close to 15,000 an overheated stove on the third floor is supposed to have caused the lire in the basement were about 1,000 worth of bananas belonging to otto sehllnker almost all of which were destroyed earl brothers 157 south water street and coyne brothers at ig3 suffered to the ex tent of about 1,000 each several firemen were hurt by flying glass more than a hundred men women and children were driven to the street early yesterday moruing when a blaze threatened to destroy the herman apartment build ing an old world's fair structure at 73 east forty-eighth street shivering in the keen wintry blast i twenty-two families watched while firemen rescued nine persons who bud been overcome by smoke and carried them down tire ladders to safety cigarette smoking was responsible for a loop lire yesterday when a blaze started iu a waste-paper basket in the office of the fowler specialty company hobbs build ing 97 washington street negro takes 1,000 hen new orleans 1.a i>ec 19 racial instinct overcame alonzo black's caution when the negro got into the louisiana i^^l ov rhis noou he picked out m ml , kbj_e_^of the show worth w__t . h^^mbbitlic mob jjsssgs ..... â– â– .-. h canal street iwxnjxx ~'" x kil tlie offense b&^h^s ' â– -- si - \ â– "" ________ ' u continued on 4th page first column the city of dreams a de_,ightfol christmas story by mrs carter h harrison a rare treat for the readers of the examiner will appear next saturdmmfei order from your newsoe/h'x ._Â£Â£Â¥.â– â€¢ to cl-e_tÃŸ 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Â£*_Â£%\> Chicago and vicinity â€” cloudy n_^_3p_s and threatening or tuesday fair yjjffisjll " wednesday moderately cold brisk ' gll\3 northwest winds h^ffyp t average temperature yesterday _â€¢ *^ normal temperature for the day _\ vol viii no 312 a m Chicago excaminer tuesday tuesday Chicago december 20 1910 20 pages start to-day read the money master by pierre costello a thrilling story of money an matrimony now appearing on the want ad pages kegiÃŸtcred in pricf onf pfnt dellvm y cirrhr d 8 patent off rr.l jl cin 1 30 c , nu per Â«â€žâ€ž____ roosevelt rail debts up in house congressman wants to know if 100,000 junket bill is paid and how pass question is asked pennsylvania road officials de cline to be committed on the colonel's traveling expenses washington d _., dec 19 tim question of who paid the traveling ex penses of colonel theodore roosevelt on his turkey hunting lion killing bear snoot lng and political junkets while breaking records for etrenuosity in the white house will be settled by congress if the resolutioi lntrodnced to-day by congressman henrj t rainey of Illinois is pased mr rainey ln asking the same explana hon that was demanded last september b â– stockholder of the fennsylvan3a kal3 road wants to know if the bill for 1(30 000 which colonel roosevelt is said to hav owed the pennsylvania was ever paid an what other roads entertained the colonel ii bis dashes across the map and how the â€¢ accounts stand mr rainey promises t press his demands for a thorough inquiry unexplained influences were brought to hear 3o quiet the demands of john h de vine a wealthy publisher of philadelphia â€¢ ud slockholder in the pennsylvania wh could see no reason why the president oi the united states shonid be immune from the anti-pass law and requested that colonel roosevelt be asked for an account lng president james mccrea of the penn sylvania wrote mr devine a letter ud the affair was immediately declared a closec incident denials not forthcoming none of the officials of the road ever admitted or denied that the former presi dent was indebted to the pennsylvania for the transportation of his friends servants horses and goods it was flrst said that the accouut had been charged to advertis ing but when the question of who bene fited by the advertising came up president mccrea snirt " roosevelt had only been ac corded such courtesies as are usually ac corded to presidents of the united states president roosevelt's itnprecedented trav eling expenses at th eexpense of the stock hold i is of various railroads led congress to appropriate 25.o0o a year to meet the cost of necessary presidential travel if con gressman rainey 3*esoiullon passes the investigating committee will attempt to differentiate between the hon hunting and the lion making expeditions and fix the responsibility for their cost 13 has always been the custom for rail road io cany presidents of the united states ns honored guests roads make no distinction the railroads never attempted to dis tinguish between a political speech-making tour with a bear hunt on the end of it and a bear hunting trip with a political speech on the end of it this has been loft to congressman rainey's committee which may make a record for itself in the 6porting and political world as umpire and referee the colonel never replied to the queries ot pennsylvania stockholders or discussed the matter since he thanked president miecrea for his hospitality agitation ln favor of a law prohibiting government officials from accepting rail road transportation is expected to be re vived and result in the passage of an act in force ln many states refusing passes to state officials morgan rewards school sends university of michigan rare books in return for gift ann arbor mich dec 19 the uni versity of michigan is in receipt of a gift of four valuable old books from j plerpont morgan they are reproductions of old manuscripts and wood cuts and are very rare the gift is iu return for one made 1o mr morgan by the univesity a few months ago of a fac-simile of the newly discovered bible manuscript pur chased in egypt by charles l freer and placed in the custody of the university victory for popular election of senators forecast by rayner declares only four of the judiciary committee oppose measure resolution up jan 9 washington dec 19 â€” senatorial courtesy alone was responsible to-day for postponement of action on the decision submitting an amendment to the constitu tion providing for popular election of united states senators the resolution iwas made a special order of business for january 9 out of the total membership of fifteen members of the senate committee on the judiciary senator rayner said this after noon he did not believe more than four votes would be cast against reporting the resolution to the senate this opinion was based upon the discus sion of the subject at the meeting of the committee this morning the maryland senator is quite as confident the resolution will pass the senate as he is that it will pass the committee the informal discussion soon convinced the friends of the amendment that it would have comparatively smooth sailing through the committee and there was no disposi tion to crowd matters when two of the opposition insisted that both the majority and minority reports of the subcommittee be printed and the subject permitted to â€¢ go over until these reports could be read aldrich hurt in auto to go under knife today surgeons decide operation on arm necessary accident occurred last october new york dec 19 united states sen ator nelson w aldrich will undergo an operation at roosevelt hospital to-morrow because of injuries received in an automo bile accident at madison avenue and six tieth street on the night of october tt the chief operating surgeon will be dr george e brewer assisted by several other surgeons the details of the accident in which the senator was injured were never disclosed dr holbrook curtlss a nose throat and ear specialist performed an operation on the senator several days after the accident and the patient was reported to be well on the road to recovery despite his age later it developed that he was suffering much pain from his right arm he com plained of nnmbness to his colleagues in the senate and several days ago he came to new york where an examination was made it was then decided that an opera tion on his right arm or hand was neces sary wolf escapes in theater jumps into audience and bites women and policeman xew york dec i a wolf escaped to-night from its cage on the stage of the amphion theater in williamsburg and jumping down into the orchestra bit six women and a man the wolf was brought on confined in a barbed wire cage the animal managed to work its way out and down among the folks in the first rows ot the orchestra snapping at their legs a policeman heard the screams of the women and caught the wolf by the throat but not before he was bitten on the hand several women were bitten in addition to the bites about their ankles they were bitten in the hands when they tried to protect themselves bonaparte shy of feast roosevelt's attorney general de clines to dine with baldwin baltimore md dec 19 former attorney general bonaparte declined an invitation to attend a supper at the uni versity club to-night to governor-elect baldwin of connecticut given by the fac ulty of the law department of the uni versity of maryland mr bonaparte pleaded a prior engagement it is believed in some quarters that his absence to-uight is to be attributed directly to the contro versy between colonel roosevelt and judge baldwin mr bonaparte having been a member of the ex-president's cabinet airman sends wireless farman carries first outfit in an aeroplane special cable to the examiner paris dec 10 maurice farman car rying a wireless apparatus on board his biplane hovered over buc for more than an hour to-day nnd transmitted the first distiuct messages ever sent from that sort of an airship to versailles and other points more than fifteen miles distant the government has ordered the aeroplane corps to hasten carrying out experiments in this hue actor john mason is ill john mason the actor is under the care of a physician at the congress hotel suffering from minor ailments he came to Chicago from the west yesterday to be treated also at the congress during the day were nat c goodwin who is going to new york ellen terry virginia harned william sproule president of the wells fargo express company of new york and benjamin ide wheeler presi dent of j_elaiid stanford university berkeley cal / photo of woman is elgin social puzzle irs brown or taite jheyenne man sends picture as lost wife pair missing police search the arrival of an attractive woman's hotograph in elgin has given rise to a nost peculiar mystery the letter which accompanied the ihotograph stated that the picture was hat of the missing wife of w l brown i citizen of cheyenne wyo but many lersons in elgin were startled by what hey say is the remarkable resemblance of he photograph to mrs hiram talte wife f a crack whip and horseman for some ime a protege of the members of the sigin gentlemen's driving clnb both mr and mrs taite are now miss ing and taite is being sought by his father h l taite of diinsmuir a small town near stockton cal the taltes arrived in elgin a year ago last april they rented a house on goethe street and taite's skill as a whip cansed him to be taken np at once by the driving club had many jewels meanwhile mrs talte created no small sensation among the women of elgin by the size and costliness of her wardrobe as well as her own beauty she was of medium height had very dark hair and eyes and an olive complexion she had many expensive gowns much costly mil linery and many jewels she told us she formerly lived with a rich uncle in cheyenne and that he spent a lot of money on her said mrs t j rapp of 585 goethe street and mrs mor gan another neighbor in the same street the taites left elgin ln the latter part of august saying they were going to stockton cal to visit taite's father and other relatives there evidently however they did not reach stockton for several weeks ago taite's father wrote to the elgin police asking what had become of his son he was greatly alarmed he said and asked that a search be made for bim police take up search the police have been endeavoring to learn where the taltes actually did go and now their task is complicated by the arrival yesterday of the letter and photo graph sent by mr brown of cheyenne â€¢ this letter asked that mrs brown be sought she had gone to elgin more than a year ago the writer said to visit an annt in that place and had not returned or replied to letters sent her by her husband the inclosed photograph the letter said was hers and would aid the police ln finding her why that picture looks exactly like mrs taite said mrs rapp mrs morgan and many other friends of the taites but nobody can be found in elgin who knows a mrs brown of cheyenne a dispatch from stockton cal last night quoted the elder taite as saying that he knew nothing of his son's wife save that he had been told they were mar ried in elgin iu 1900 and that she wore expensive clothes and jewelry and was said to be the neice of a wealthy lawyer in cheyenne . mr taite sr is now reported to be suffering from nervous prostration shadowed by spirit sues husband asks divorce because of wife's astral pursuit kansas city mo dec 19 although mrs anna mlnnear declares she is able to separate her spirit from her body raise the dead and that she possesses other spir itual power marvin minnear is eaj;er to separate himself from his talented wife he brought suit for a divorce from her to day the petition alleges that she has accused him of keeping improper com pany basiug the charges on her power to have her spirit follow him when hp goes out nights the petition further alleges that she drove him from the house without giviug him time to collect n great amount of clothing diva visits jail to aid youth zeppilli in a cell hears song opera star tests voice of young man who almost starved to study music mme alice zeppilll one of the leading sopranos of the Chicago grand opera company because she had read of the pathetic plight of hugh trlckey the young english boy who nearly starved himself to death in order to get a musical edu cation suddenly appeared at the harrison street police tsatlon last night and as a result occurred probably one of the strangest scenes that ever took place in life's drama the appearance of the dainty petite operatic star in the dreary prison caused a sensation among the prisoners necks were craned and heads turned in eager attempts to see the fair visitor not an element was lacking in the series of de tails that made the whole incident seem like a fairy tale dressed in rich furs and an immense black picture hat her hands glittering with jewels mme zeppilli appeared be fore the desk sergeant and asked for a permit to see the young english lad when the identity of the visitor became known her request was granted without delay jailer james moriaruy called trickey and told him there was a lady visitor to see him he advanced diffidently while a look of wonder spread over his features as be looked into the sympathetic dark eyes of the singer asks youth to sing vou are mr trickey she asked i am mme zeppilli of the grand opera com pany i have heard about your 111 fortune and have come to help you if i can won't you please sing just a little for me i kuoiw you must have a good voice and if you always have the same determina tion that you now have you will some day be a great singer the dazed young man did not reply im mediately he furtively wiped an eye that had sruwu misty why whnt is the matter asked the prima donua are you still hungry qh lady you are so kind was the broken reply everything seems to have gone wrong ' if you want me to sing i will do the best i can imagine the scene only the dim light of a few dusty electric lamps filtered through the bars of the cell the diva sat on a broken backed chair while the bugh trickey singi7ig for mme alice zeppilli in jail cell 500,000 in gifts to harvester workers merit system will be followed in presents to company's employes it has long been the custom of the inter national harvester company to distribute a large sum among its employes during the christmas season but the amount to be given this year under a merit system will set a new record fully 500,000 will be distributed and checks will be mailed from the Chicago offices either to-morrow or thursday it has been estimated said general manager c s funk last night that the amount will exceed 500,000 this year about 5,000 employes of the company out of a possible 40,000 will receive checks the amounts of which will range from the salary received in one week to the amount earned in a year the bonus is an award made by the management and department heads to stimulate interest several of the em ployes who arc worthy of especial recog nition will receive checks for the amount of half a year's f-lary one or two will receive a full yewr'a pay of the 50n.uu0 to be distributed it is probable that at least 350,000 will be di vided among i_e employes in twine mills and harvesting machinery works in Illinois wisconsin and ohio about 1,500 employes in Chicago will receive approximately 200 0-000 chicagoan nurses melba miss armour potter attends diva 111 on liner at sea new york dec 19 according to a wireless message which mme melba sent from the mauretania to-night to a friend in this city the diva's illness is not as serious as was first reported iu a marconi gram last night in her message the song bird says the severe cold from which she suffered before she went aboard the cun arder has forced her to remain in her stateroom where she 13 being nursed by miss armour potter the Chicago musical college girl protege of mme melba who sailed with her to study for grand opera in paris dr sydney jones the ship's surgeon is in constant attendance upon the diva three die in mine blast gas explosion in west virginia severely burns two fairmont w va dec 19 three miners were killed and two others severe ly burned as the result of an explosion at the middleton mine nine miles south of this city at 6:10 o'clock this morning shortly before the day shift had gpne to work the explosion occurred those who were in the mine at the time rag for the shaft and all but the five escaped injury gns is blamed for the explosion defying sullivan's men bartzen picks h l bailey for county hospital head appointment of open foe of boss president's swift re ply to board rebellion at choice of wilihite's successor t*he unfortunates who come * to the county hospital for treatment will b given the best attention by the best physicians it is possible to find the mem bers of the county hospital staff who are competent will be kept those who are incompetent will get out as quickly as i can find time to write out their suspen sion i intend to give the county hospital a business administra tion and i will devote all my time to the betterment of the condi tion of the county charges i will be no man's man as warden â€” henry l bailey coffey balks committee's re fusal to meet with a hint of possible impeachment for misfeasance in office following an attempt of a demo-republican combination of county commissioners to override the authority of president peter bartzen and arrogate all power to themselves mr bartzen yesterday afternoon arraigned roger c sullivan and the political coterie of the gas boss in the scathing statement above set forth president bartzen defied the sullivan group and declared lie not they had been elected executive head of the county board and he would never permit them to usurp his authority the specific act with which an attempt was made to override his authority was the adoption of a resolution naming dr if b clarke to be superintendent of the dunning asylum a position to which pres dent bartzen had temporarily ar pointed dr charles eberlein last weett when he ousted dr o c wiltiite for insubordination the appointme-t of dr clarke will be ignored b'y presi dent bartzen , . early last night mr bartzen exploded â€¢ bombshell in the ranks of the gang poli ticians by appointing henry l bailey to be warden of ; the county hospital mr bailey is a resident of the â€¢ thirteenth ward iwhere be has always lieen kuown as an opponent of roger sullivan and hi crowd ' this appointment when word of it reached the sullivau element last night created consternation among them to took them completely by surprise coincideut with the attempt to curtail mr bartzcn's power the faction that mad war upon him tried to hamper i'ommls sioner i_iurence j coffey in the t.-ansac-y tion of the business of the finance co_fmit tee of which mr coffey is chairman though they were all present in the meet ing room in the county building the mem bers of the committee refused to assem ble and transact ttye financial business necessary for tho maintenance from nay to day of the county's charitable institn tions hint of impeachment balks revolt a strong hint from chai__j_u i-odey that they might be impeached for mis feasance in refusing to discharge their public duties was necessary before they consented to do business commissioner coffey said last night there is a way to compel public of ficials to attend to their duties they can be impeached for misfeasance in office when a number of the county commisslon ers refused to-dny to transact the business of the finance committee uf which i am chalrmau i was compelled to give tbem a strong hint that they might be im peached then they quickly assembled and transacted the county board's lielate business vrmitv commissioners are different from city aldermen they be â€¢ a duty to perform hat they cannot evade they are elected guardians of the unfortunates who populate our hospitals and asylums thu.e dnfortanates must be fed and rea henry l bailey bartzen's defiance of sullivan jdecause i would not appoint a lot of thieves porch *â€”* climbers high-hinders and despoilers of widows and orphans to positions in the public service roger sullivan john mcgillen john mccarthy john p hopkins and their associates in the gas trust political machine are try ing to coerce me with their steam-roller methods but they cannot terrorize me nothing that they can do will sway me from what i believe to be my duty i will protect the public pay roll from the inroads of looters and barnacles this gang that responds to the crack of the sullivan circus whip is not used to dealing with officials who will block their raids upon the public funds but they will have to learn that the county board will be run in the interests of the people not the bosses peter bartzen president county board 15,000 in christmas dainties are burned several firemen hurt by flying glass in blaze that threatens south water street thousands of dollars worth of fruit in tended for christmas including vast quan tities of cranberries and several hundred fowls in crates were destroyed last night in a spectacular fire in the warehouse of barnet brothers fruit and commission mer chants at 159 south water street the third floor of the building is in total ruins and the other three floors more or less damaged by fire smoke and water adjoining buildings also suffered bringing the total damage close to 15,000 an overheated stove on the third floor is supposed to have caused the lire in the basement were about 1,000 worth of bananas belonging to otto sehllnker almost all of which were destroyed earl brothers 157 south water street and coyne brothers at ig3 suffered to the ex tent of about 1,000 each several firemen were hurt by flying glass more than a hundred men women and children were driven to the street early yesterday moruing when a blaze threatened to destroy the herman apartment build ing an old world's fair structure at 73 east forty-eighth street shivering in the keen wintry blast i twenty-two families watched while firemen rescued nine persons who bud been overcome by smoke and carried them down tire ladders to safety cigarette smoking was responsible for a loop lire yesterday when a blaze started iu a waste-paper basket in the office of the fowler specialty company hobbs build ing 97 washington street negro takes 1,000 hen new orleans 1.a i>ec 19 racial instinct overcame alonzo black's caution when the negro got into the louisiana i^^l ov rhis noou he picked out m ml , kbj_e_^of the show worth w__t . h^^mbbitlic mob jjsssgs ..... â– â– .-. h canal street iwxnjxx ~'" x kil tlie offense b&^h^s ' â– -- si - \ â– "" ________ ' u continued on 4th page first column the city of dreams a de_,ightfol christmas story by mrs carter h harrison a rare treat for the readers of the examiner will appear next saturdmmfei order from your newsoe/h'x ._Â£Â£Â¥.â– â€¢ to cl-e_tÃŸ 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